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Post by Badly-Drawn Manchild on Jul 11, 2012 15:14:01 GMT
I seem to remember I rather amused myself writing the budgie's dialogue. The other Decap thing I remember amusing myself with was making up the titles to Mr Cuddle Bunny's books. I can't remember if these were clearly shown in the strip but I had a whole bookshelf's worth. As a matter of fact, they were! I always remembered finding the title "Mr. Cuddle Bunny in a Bit of a Do" really funny. It was a really fun background gag.
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Post by L. T. Dangerous on Jul 11, 2012 15:14:46 GMT
I seem to remember I rather amused myself writing the budgie's dialogue. The other Decap thing I remember amusing myself with was making up the titles to Mr Cuddle Bunny's books. I can't remember if these were clearly shown in the strip but I had a whole bookshelf's worth. On a related note, Mick C. McTosis is a fantastically funny name for a giant, angry rabbit.
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Post by Nigel Kitching on Jul 11, 2012 20:53:53 GMT
I seem to remember I rather amused myself writing the budgie's dialogue. The other Decap thing I remember amusing myself with was making up the titles to Mr Cuddle Bunny's books. I can't remember if these were clearly shown in the strip but I had a whole bookshelf's worth. On a related note, Mick C. McTosis is a fantastically funny name for a giant, angry rabbit. Mick C McTosis doesn't sound like the kind of thing I'd come up with myself - makes me think that it's a name I heard somewhere.
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Post by NumberOfThings on Jul 16, 2012 16:46:44 GMT
Mick C McTosis doesn't sound like the kind of thing I'd come up with myself - makes me think that it's a name I heard somewhere. Did Richard Rayner come up with it?
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Post by Nigel Kitching on Jul 17, 2012 22:00:20 GMT
Mick C McTosis doesn't sound like the kind of thing I'd come up with myself - makes me think that it's a name I heard somewhere. Did Richard Rayner come up with it? No it was from me but I think I heard it somewhere.
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Post by Charles on Jul 18, 2012 1:20:54 GMT
Future ImperfectThat bloody lettering error aside, this was a really good, snappy three-parter - there's an elderly Sonic come back to warn the present! The Freedom Fighters are going to die! Sonic has become a traitor! The clone Sonic is trying to save the day when he's dying of old age! It's packing a lot of good stuff into fifteen pages. And there's something rather endearing about an elderly Sonic with a walking stick and some slippers - and Sonic's claim that it has to be an imposter because he'd never get the gang killed. Bit too close to home, Sonic? the Stone Tower Zone, one of my favourite non-Sega locations and criminally underlooked (at least it returned in STC-O). And it came back because that two-parter stuck in my head. Yay Mekanik!
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Post by L. T. Dangerous on Jul 18, 2012 10:32:51 GMT
It's a pretty nifty plan of Sonic's to get into Mekanik but the idea to tear him apart from the inside seems too similar to "The Green Eater", where Sonic took the battery out instead of wires. I'm surprised Sonic didn't decide to use Mekanik as a temporary house for the now-homeless people of Stone Tower. I'm surprised that we've had this comment and yet nobody's weighed in on The Green Eater yet, that story is a seriously underrated early STC story in my opinion. So: The Green EaterOriginally printed in Sonic The Comic 15, written by Mark Millar, drawn by Mike Hadley and lettered by Elitta Fell. Unlike most of the early Millar scripts (and many of the contemporary Millar scripts- WOOOAAAOOOHHHH!!) this isn't utter garbage. It's got a solid premise, a decent enemy, an interesting threat and good characterisation. And the art's lovely, too, Mike Hadley has to be the most underrated of all STC artists- praise for Elson, Dobbyn, Kitching, Corona and Burns is to be expected, but Mike Hadley brought a vibrant style to STC's early days. The only major problem here is he colours Sonic's legs peach instead of blue, but that's a fair mistake that a lot of artists made back then, even on official merchandise. Anyway, the plot goes that Robotnik has built this gigantic Badnik, the Terra-Droid, who is overseeing the Scrap Brain Zone and, more specifically, the construction of something called the Green Eater. Terra-Droid's a slave driver on a monumental scale, working the lesser Badniks to the limit but still demanding the Green Eater be completed in an hour, lest they Badniks face his wrath. We aren't left to wonder for long what the Green Eater is because we cut to the Emerald Hill Zone, where Tails, a Johnny-lookalike and Flicky all alert Sonic (who's reading a hedgehog fashion magazine, apparently) to something alarming happening- the Emerald Hill Zone appears to be melting. We're also treated to an STC first, the classic "base destruction" as Sonic's secret hideout (which isn't very well hidden) dissolves before his eyes. As the grass turns a horrible orange colour and dissolves, Flicky tells Sonic of the Badniks' machine. So, off Sonic rushes to the Scrap Brain Zone, making Tails have a mini-fit*. Sonic barges into the Scrap Brain Zone, smashing all the smaller Badniks in a quick burst of speed and freeing his animal friends. He explains almost immediately that they now have to help him with his plan. Terra-Droid makes his presence known to Sonic, and he's less than impressed. The animals all realise they must distract Terra-Droid to let Sonic destroy the Green Eater. As they do that, Sonic locates the deadly machine, apparently a giant cooling tower sort of thing in appearance and whips out a move that would become a regular attack of his- the Speed Coccoon or, as he calls it here, a mini-tornado- to crush the Green Eater in on itself. Sonic takes a brief moment to deface some graffiti left by a Badnik in the first panel, rendering it into an insult to Robotnik. Terra-Droid is beyond mad, however, and the animals have to flee. Sonic tells Terra-Droid the Badnik would make Robotnik proud as he's almost as big a scum bag as his creator. Terra-Droid mockingly challenges Sonic to take his best shot, convinced it won't hurt him. Sonic launches a Spin Attack and bounces right off Terra-Droid who finds it hilarious. He's less impressed, however, when Sonic unclenches his fist to reveal he's ripped Terra-Droid's battery out of his chest. After a moment's panic, Terra-Droid is deactivated- permanently- and falls to the ground in a heap. The animals, however, bemoan the loss of their home to the Green Eater, but Sonic has a plan. The story ends in the Emerald Hill Zone with the animals housed inside Terra-Droid, who's been turned into a new home for them. Tails tells Sonic that our blue hero amazes him- Sonic replies that that's why he's here. A great little story and one that manages to fit STC's overall feel. It doesn't have any real effect on the plot, like many Complete Stories, but it is a nice tale in its own right. This is one of the final Millar Sonic stories and was much better than most he did on STC. In a way, it's a shame he's embarassed by his work on STC- it's a step up from the mindless gratuitous swearing and carnage that has become a staple of his work these days. It's also interesting that the Green Eater is so similar in function to the machine Robotnik uses in the Game Over story arc towards the end of STC's print run. Anyway, it wasn't long from this point until Nigel basically became lead writer and also not that long until Lew joined the creative team, so STC was about to hit its stride and enter its Golden Era. *It cannot seriously be understated how important it was that Nigel K and, later, Mark Eyles get to shape Tails' character early on when they got to write his solo adventures because, up to now Millar hasn't done much with Tails other than make him very passive and panicky or congratulatory to Sonic to set up a story's conclusion. Tails' first story ran the next issue, so luckily things took a turn for the better for him in the readers' eyes as the character got to branch out from mere sidekick.
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Post by madhair60 on Jul 18, 2012 17:21:29 GMT
Sonic's legs and Tails as a whole aside, is it weird that I find this panel to be legitimately nightmarish?
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Post by L. T. Dangerous on Jul 18, 2012 20:54:27 GMT
I don't know what's creepier, the severed limbs or the face.
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Post by Charles on Jul 18, 2012 21:01:21 GMT
He does look like he's screaming in agony, doesn't he?
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Post by Nam on Jul 19, 2012 0:22:45 GMT
"Now as an estate agent, I won't lie, this building has seen better days. Until recently it was an evil killbot, but thanks to an amazing interior designer, it's now an interesting and highly sort after set of studio apartments in the countryside, but only a quick sprint from all the necessary local amenities. For £89,500 I don't think you'll find a better house this side of the conveyor belts for roofs suburbs."
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Post by matuertom on Aug 7, 2012 2:28:32 GMT
It's easy to forget this 2-parter, occurring pretty soon after the epic Death Egg saga and followed straight on by the Metallix and Brutus acts. On the outside, it's easy to see why it's so forgettable. Robotnik builds a giant robot to cause some destruction but is eventually felled by the heroes. It's hardly original, but there are a few quirks to make it slightly memorable.
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Post by segaz on Aug 9, 2012 20:41:32 GMT
Just one shot deals? Other than that horrible rhymning banana story, and over-used one offs, like the one where Tails takes on Max Gamble, or has to get that kid back home, or Porky quitting the gang etc etc..... Lots of the Special Zone one offs. It was just interesting to see Sonic trying to be a hero in a place where no one had heard of him. Or seeing him getting underfoot with Chaotix. Seriously. I can't remember a whole load right now. But some stories just seemed so right. I love STC. in fact I feel like going to tailskicksass and getting all the issues all over again (my computer wiped em all 4 years ago. )
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Post by L. T. Dangerous on Aug 10, 2012 9:08:00 GMT
Surely you can't be insinuating It's Raining Bananas wasn't one of the best stories in STC's history?
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Post by The Shad on Aug 10, 2012 10:26:50 GMT
Just one shot deals? Other than that horrible rhymning banana story, and over-used one offs, like the one where Tails takes on Max Gamble, or has to get that kid back home, or Porky quitting the gang etc etc..... I WILL COME TO YOUR HOUSE AND I WILL CUT YOU a slice of cake. The cake will contain potassium benzoate.
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Post by segaz on Aug 10, 2012 14:08:07 GMT
Heh I'm just trying to think of new one off stories. I loved the ones I mentioned, but those are the ones that ALWAYS get mentioned.
Except for raining bananas. That just irritates me.
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Post by Arch on Aug 10, 2012 17:25:36 GMT
Doesn't have to be one-off stories, just any that people don't usually talk about or rate very highly.
Then again, I'm not really posting in this thread anymore, so do what you want.
While we are talking about complete stories, Tails' Hero of the Beach is a fun little strip with good art by Pritchett and (I think) Burns. Completely silly and it's got "Skegpool", but it was good to integrate the Caterkillers from Sonic 3D. Daz Dynamo is a nice (if that's the word) Mobian version of Johnny Bravo, too.
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Post by Fools in Miru on Mar 9, 2014 16:39:11 GMT
I personally found many of these one-offs to have interesting concepts. Like "Invasion of the Veg Heads."
Is it just me, or did I find one off villainess Xeneor Krell to be surprisingly hot?
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Post by The Shad on Mar 10, 2014 0:18:07 GMT
Is it just me, or did I find one off villainess Xeneor Krell to be surprisingly hot? It's just you. Now had you said this lady, you'd have a lot of people agreeing. Yesssssssssssssssss.
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Post by Fools in Miru on Mar 10, 2014 4:36:13 GMT
Is it just me, or did I find one off villainess Xeneor Krell to be surprisingly hot? It's just you. Now had you said this lady, you'd have a lot of people agreeing. Yesssssssssssssssss. On the contrary, I find many one-offs from STC to be incredibly ugly, grotesque even.
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Post by BM on Mar 13, 2014 21:53:29 GMT
I'm genuinely surprised how few people I see praising the Metamorphia story. I might be slightly biased because she was my first villain outside of the main squad, but I really liked how her stories ended up having a really coherent thread leading to a bittersweet redemption. The story where she pretends to be Sonics brother is really just a half assed scheme used to give her some depth. A good three pages are dedicated in the second half of that story to her, which I think says a lot.
This of course leads to the 'mystery villain' story which I think is my favorite side story. Felt like the perfect way to say goodbye to that character, and gave me a real sense of closure. I think it's also fitting that Tails is the one who deals with it as opposed to Sonic.
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Post by Charles on Mar 17, 2014 13:41:26 GMT
Metamorphia was a good villain and plotline. The "Tonic" story isn't very good (we know in advance Tonic's a fake, the plan as-is doesn't make sense and Sonic sees through it anyway) up until we get Metamorphia's big crush on Robotnik, and that's very good indeed. Cybernik Strikes Back does a nice job of keeping her sympathetic (Robotnik doing her over) while still a clear threat.
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Post by L. T. Dangerous on Mar 17, 2014 14:22:37 GMT
Metamorphia has the best villain arc in the comic, Robotnik and Grimer aside. Lew Stringer was so, so good at making his baddies compelling.
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Post by neoamon on Mar 17, 2014 22:33:12 GMT
She was one of the best villains of S.T.C. I am glad that Metamorphia got a happy ending.
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